Barcelona França railway station

• Railway line Barcelona -El Prat
• Railway line Madrid - Barcelona
• Railway line Barcelona - Mataró - Maçanet - Massanes
• Railway line Barcelona - Port Bou -

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The Estacio de França ( in German:, French Railway Station ') is a long-distance and regional train station in the Catalan metropolis Barcelona. He is after the Barcelona Sants railway station is the second most important of the city, this state is 2016 but losing to the train station Barcelona Sagrera and then his only number 3 in the city.

Location

The station is located on Avinguda del Marqués de l' Argentera in the eastern part of the district Ciutat Vella ( Old Town), close to the Mediterranean Sea. The Barceloneta district, La Ribera and the Parc de la Ciutadella and Barcelona Zoo are in the neighborhood. The tracks leave the station towards the sea, then swing in a curve - which limits the zoo south - behind the Torre Mapfre and disappear underground, where they are connected by rail triangle which also runs in the tunnel railroad Sants -Costa Brava / France.

History

At this point in 1848 as a terminus end of the railway line from the Costa Brava and - as the name says - created from France.

For the 1929 World's Fair, the station was rebuilt and received its present appearance. He became the Barcelona's main train station. The station hall is 29 meters high and extends over a length of 195 meters.

End of the sixties was a quick clearance of goods next to the station, which was also opened in 1929, converted into a transport terminal. This terminal was closed in 1987 and canceled. The area should be used several times for hotel and Appartementbauten, but lay fallow for a long time and has since been used even as a paid parking. 2007 Construction finally ascended for a complex.

At the 1992 Summer Olympics the station between 1988 and 1992 was a major overhaul. The oceanfront extending direct connection to the Costa Brava was canceled, just as the station of Poble Nou and rail maintenance facilities, as well as the crossover for 1972 closed North Station. All trains leaving the station now by the access route to the tunnel El Clot - Sants.

In 1970, the Sants Station was opened and the Estacio de França became less important. Several tracks have already been bricked up. The significance of 2016 is to rise through the opening of the Sagrera station in the north of Barcelona now, because the Catalan government wants to end up there a lot of trains (TGV and ICE) with final destination of Barcelona. Even a direct connection to the nearby metro station " Barceloneta " is now likely.

Traffic

Railway

Long-distance traffic

After setting the Trenhotel connections to Paris, Milan and Zurich Hauptbahnhof by December 2012 and the Talgo connection to Montpellier -Saint Roch in December 2013, served at França Train Station no international long distance trains. However, he got the end of 2013 connection to the Spanish long-distance network, the Euromed and Alvia trains towards Valencia / Alicante were extended from Sants Station França. Per day, at seven Euromed and Alvia train pair.

Regional Transport

Rodalies Barcelona

The station is serviced by the line R2Sud of the S -Bahn -shaped system of Rodalies Barcelona. The line 2Sud leads Trains to / from Vilanova i la Geltrú and Sant Vicenç de Calders.

Usually leads from França line R10 via Passeig de Gràcia Sants and El Prat de Llobregat Barcelona Airport, but in the course of renovation work at the Sant Andreu stations on the occasion of the new mainline and regional train station Sagrera in the north of the city was the line R2 and the line R10 mixed - for the period of construction exist R2 ( Castelldefels Granollers Centre), the R2Nord ( airport Maçanet - Massanes ) and the R2Sud ( França - Sants- Vilanova i la Geltrú -Sant Vicenç de Calders ).

Other regional transport

From França via Sants trains of the Catalunya Express to Tortosa, Reus, Lleida and Zaragoza. Most of these trains also operate the Barcelona Sants railway station.

Subway

Worth mentioning

• The station also serves as a backup station for the other major railway stations of the city. Especially with the renovation of the Arago - tunnel numerous long-distance trains ended up instead in Sants in França.
• França is the only above-ground station in the city center of Barcelona
• The França Station is the only terminal station of the city, Sants and Sagrera are through stations.
• The station is part of the university complex, founded in 1990 Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
• Pretty located near the train station Barcelona Arc de Triomf. He is underground and is on the route Sants -Costa Brava.
• Until 1992, there was a direct connection to the Costa Brava. However, it was canceled in the wake of various transformations in the transport and integrated the approach to the line Costa Brava - Sants.
• Also by 1992, at the station and on the sea shore over a railway line by line from the Costa Brava to the harbor areas. You had to give the plans that Barcelona Olympics and the open sea, as well as a highway was laid in the ground.